Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
What worked with Napoleon against other people won't work against Nature itself. It's a different game. You can't change the fundamental workings of nature. Gravity is gravity, genes are genes, and they function according to rules which can be known. And once they're known, once you've got a sense of the causes and their effects, you can start to align causes to create desired effects.

If you think you're doing a disservice to your children by providing them classically gender-appropriate toys, chances are very good that you're not. Those would be the toys they'd likely want anyway.
I'm not sure I understand the Napoleon point you're making, all I meant was that she identified with male role models for reasons that are typically masculine - leadership, dominance, etc.

I think it is incumbent upon parents to nurture their children as individuals first and foremost. Walk around the toy store with them. Watch different movies, TV programs. Variety. Don't limit them. But don't try to force them to not be "traditional" either out of some sense of moral righteousness.

I don't disagree about the workings and rules of nature, and honestly, even if you did defy nature, whatever that means at this point, wouldn't that ultimately be nature defying itself? :P